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I have read here to stay stressed. That is NOT the case for me, stress makes it worse for me. Is anyone else like that? If I am shadowing hard, for sure hard stress will sent me into clusterville?
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Re: Stress
« Reply #1 on: Jun 6th, 2006, 3:07pm » |
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Welcome aboard.
We are all different. It is good to know ourselves. I'm one who does better stressed.
Wishing you stress free and pf time.
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Re: Stress
« Reply #2 on: Jun 6th, 2006, 3:16pm » |
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Stress and activity can sometimes keep an impending attack at bay for a while for me, but as soon as I let my guard down and relax a little - BAM!
As has been said, we are all different. It is good to be aware of you react to different situations.
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Re: Stress
« Reply #3 on: Jun 6th, 2006, 6:03pm » |
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Different? Yup Yup...
I cannot get "too" relaxed, nor "too" stressed. Need to keep a happy medium, sort of like a kiddie rollercoaster.
(Lets also not talk about roller-coasters, it just dawned on me now that I haven't been able to go on a carnival ride since I was in my early 20's due to the HA's.)
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Re: Stress
« Reply #4 on: Jun 8th, 2006, 9:11am » |
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on Jun 6th, 2006, 3:16pm, Gator wrote:Stress and activity can sometimes keep an impending attack at bay for a while for me, but as soon as I let my guard down and relax a little - BAM!
As has been said, we are all different. It is good to be aware of you react to different situations.
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For me the motto: never, ever relax, stress is my friend!
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Re: Stress
« Reply #5 on: Jun 8th, 2006, 9:34am » |
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Yep. Stay stressed. It's good for what ails you.
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Stay stressed. Never relax. Never sleep. Ever.
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Re: Stress
« Reply #6 on: Jun 8th, 2006, 10:09am » |
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Welcome aboard stubborn, and it's true we're all different! I'm like you, when on cycle I avoid high stress situations as they are a big time trigger. For many others, staying stressed keeps the beast at bay. You learn to pay close attention to yourself when you deal with the beast. Wishing you luck.
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Stress is good.......relaxation is bad.......
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Re: Stress
« Reply #8 on: Jun 10th, 2006, 11:51pm » |
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yesterday when i was having a bad headache, i had cried hard about some family problem, and i was very surprised to notice headache had gotten better immediately after! not that i am happy that i was upset and had cried, but it was a surprise, wonder why pain got better!!
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Re: Stress
« Reply #9 on: Jun 11th, 2006, 11:20pm » |
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100%.
Stress is a definite trigger for a cluster. I wake up in the middle of the night with a cluster and all I think about is the stresses in my life.
You need to take it easy. Stress must be eliminated in your life, as much as possible. Tell everyone around you about your illness, no matter how embarassing it is. I have been doing it, and I can tell who really cares about my sresses and who doesn't. Also take Kudzu, it has worked for me.
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Re: Stress
« Reply #10 on: Jun 12th, 2006, 1:24pm » |
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on Jun 11th, 2006, 11:20pm, vze2n4nj wrote:
Stress is a definite trigger for a cluster. I wake up in the middle of the night with a cluster and all I think about is the stresses in my life.
Wake up in the middle of the night? Clusters that wake you usually come on during REM sleep mode. Is that a stressful time for you? For me it is about the most stressfree and relaxed that I can be.
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In all my years of suffering clusters the attacks have come AFTER the stress. At the end of a stressful day or during a good, restful sleep. It's after the stress is reduced and the relaxing period is going on that the attacks happen.
But we're all different.
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I'll bet that 100 to 1 CH sufferers would prove that statement wrong.
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Re: Stress
« Reply #12 on: Jun 13th, 2006, 8:04am » |
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I'm adding my vote to the stress-is-good side. This is especially true in between cycles when the random hits almost always show up during down time, like weekends (with no other provocation than being more relaxed).
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Re: Stress
« Reply #13 on: Jun 13th, 2006, 11:44am » |
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Stress-good, relaxation-bad, distress (major catastrophies, anxiety, panic...)-bad
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Re: Stress
« Reply #14 on: Jun 23rd, 2006, 3:52pm » |
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I have to side with the "stress is bad" minority. I have found that unusually stressful periods in my life coinciding with allergy seasons usually occurs at time of a cycle. Although often it is immediately after a stressful period (wedding, loosing job, lost close family member, etc). As for during a cycle that has already started, also bad - bad - bad. StressFree is how I have to be!
Prayers for all, Rich
Edited to note: Many of our treatments consist of constricting blood vessels to stop an attack or ease a cycle (Prednisone, Triptans/Trex's, Caffein, Ergotamine). Often when these wear off, we get hit again - or the cycle continues. There is a drug I haven't tried (bad for lungs) called Methesergide. It does the opposite. Sometimes successful for Clusters. It causes blood vessel to stay expanded or relaxed. It is a maintenance type med. If blood vessels stay relaxed, no chance to suddenly dilate causing cluster attack. I couldn't help but throw that in as an analagy. I guess for a few it is very effective, as is staying unstressed!
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Re: Stress
« Reply #15 on: Jun 25th, 2006, 2:59pm » |
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I get more headaches when I'm stressed. I've found that a long hot bath with lavender is the only thing that helps!!
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